Victoria Worldwide Container Terminal (VICT), ICTSI’s operations on the Port of Melbourne in Australia, lately accomplished Part 3A of its enlargement undertaking.
VICT can now accommodate neo-Panamax container ships, the most important container vessels calling Australia. The ships can now sail instantly into Port Phillip and dock at VICT – the one terminal in Melbourne able to receiving them. Additionally it is the one fully-automated container terminal within the southern hemisphere.
The AUD235 million enlargement undertaking is being carried out in two phases. Part 3A, accomplished in December 2023, will increase the terminal’s capability by 30% to 1.25 million TEUs. It extends the jetty by 71 meters to 735 meters, or 769 meters with the mooring dolphins included, and can improve VICT’s quayside operations by permitting two 366-meter vessels to berth side-by-side.
On the landside, three new storage blocks have been added together with 15 new truck lanes, enhancing the terminal’s reserving system time slot choices to the market by as much as 30% per hour beginning in January 2024.
VICT additionally acquired two automated ship-to-shore (STS) cranes, six auto container carriers (ACC) and 6 auto stacking cranes (ASC) as a part of Part 3A. The ASCs have been operational since December 2023, supporting the elevated yard capability. The STS cranes, which have a attain of twenty-two containers throughout and presently the most important port gear in Australia, are additionally now operational.
Part 3B is scheduled to be accomplished in 2026 and can embody the acquisition of one other automated STS crane, three ACCs, 4 ASCs, and development of two extra storage blocks.
